From: brushing@whale.st.usm.edu (Ben H. Rushing Jr)
Subject: CRD: it_takes_a_young_girl--jesse_winchester

Here is a song written by Jesse that was
inspired by his fourteen year old daughter.
Another example of his insightful and
sensitive lyrical ability.  

Hope you enjoy it.

Ben Rushing, Jr.  (brushing@whale.usm.edu)

It Takes A Young Girl [Key of E--3/4 tempo]

Words and Music by Jesse Winchester


[E] It takes a [E] young girl to make an

[B7] old man [E] smile. [Esus] 

[E] It takes a [E] young girl to make an

[G#7] old man [A] fly. 


[CHORUS]

[A] Why should it [B7] take always a 

[E] young [C#m] girl to [A] move this 

old [B7] heart of [E] mine. [B7]



It would take an [E] old man too 

[B7] long to ex-[E] plain.[Esus] 

[E] How a young girl plays 

an [G#7] old, old [A] game. But that's just 

how it [B7] is first she's yours and then 

she's [C#m] his and that's [E]always, 

[B7]always the [E] same. [B7]



It's been [E] ten long [B7] years since 

I've [E] cried. It's been [E] five, I know

[G#7] five since I've even [A] tried.

Now [A] why should it [B7] take always a 

[E] young [A] girl to [E] move this old 

[B7] heart of [E] mine. But. . .

[CHORUS]


Chords: 

X--do not play

Esus: (notes)    | E B E A B e |
Esus: (fingering)| 0-2-2-2-0-0 |

G#7 : (notes)    | G# D# F# C D# G#|
      (fingering)| 4  6  4  5 4  4 |(barred)

C#m : (notes)    | X C# G# C# E G# |
      (fingering)| X 4  6  6  5 4  |(barred)

In playing this song, I generally use a
finger picked pattern like p i m a m i 


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